Alvin Wyckoff

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Alvin Wyckoff

Born July 3, 1877 · New York City, New York, USA

Died July 30, 1957 · aged 80

Alvin Wyckoff (July 3, 1877 – July 30, 1957) was an American cinematographer who worked on more than 80 films between 1914 and 1945. Several of Wyckoff's films had sequences filmed in the early Handschiegl Color Process, originally billed as the "DeMille-Wyckoff Process". Wyckoff also worked with DeMille to develop the Lasky-lighting technique, which made selective lighting possible. From Wikipe…

Known For

Hell's AngelsHell's Angels · 1930
Hell's Angels
★ 6.61930
MovieDramaWar
As the Great War breaks out in Europe, English brothers Roy and Monte enlist in the Royal Flying Corps to fight for king and country, while their Oxford College friend Karl is ordered back to Germany. As a love triangle develops involving Monte, Roy, and Roy's girlfriend, Helen, the brothers' disparate personalities, and Monte's cowardice in the face of war soon threaten to compromise a top-secret bombing mission over German territory.
The Affairs of AnatolThe Affairs of Anatol · 1921
The Affairs of Anatol
★ 5.91921
MovieDramaComedy
Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.
The Wonderful Wizard of OzThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz · 1910
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
★ 5.31910
MovieAdventureFantasy
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
If I Had a MillionIf I Had a Million · 1932
If I Had a Million
★ 6.51932
MovieDramaComedy
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Old Wives for NewOld Wives for New · 1918
Old Wives for New
★ 6.41918
MovieDramaComedy
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.
Something to Think AboutSomething to Think About · 1920
Something to Think About
★ 6.81920
MovieDrama
Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a subway accident. Markley offers to marry her in name only to protect her new son.
The CheatThe Cheat · 1915
The Cheat
★ 6.01915
MovieDrama
A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
A Kiss in the DarkA Kiss in the Dark · 1925
A Kiss in the Dark
★ 8.01925
MovieComedy
Based on a Frederick Lonsdale Broadway play.

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When a Girl LovesWhen a Girl Loves · 1924
When a Girl Loves
★ 10.01924
MovieRomanceDrama
The revolution causes Sasha Boroff's wealthy family to lose its fortune; and her lover, Count Michael, is sentenced to death by Rogojin, the Boroffs' former coachman. Rogojin's sudden death saves Sasha from marriage to the despot, and the Boroffs escape to the United States, where Sasha marries Dr. Godfrey Luke to please her family. Later Sasha discovers that Michael survived, fled to the United States, and married Helen, an American. When Helen has a love affair with Dr. Luke, Michael challenges him to a duel. Sasha is wounded in the exchange of gunfire, the shock prostrates Michael, and Grishka cures him with a radio-vibration device. At the end, Sasha and Michael are still happily married to their respective American spouses.

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